Moriarty

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 234 people in Moriarty of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Moriarty was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Moriarty aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moriarty was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Moriarty, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moriarty was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Moriarty 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 39.7% in secondary school and 4.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moriarty were Australian 46.2%, English 29.8%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.0% and Greek 2.3%.

In Moriarty, 91.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.0% and Sweden 2.1%.

In Moriarty, 89.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moriarty were No Religion 30.9%, Anglican 21.6%, Uniting Church 11.4%, Baptist 10.2% and Catholic 8.1%.

In Moriarty 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moriarty. Of these 46.0% were employed full time, 45.2% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moriarty, 21.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moriarty was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Moriarty included Managers 17.7%, Professionals 17.7%, Labourers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7% and Sales Workers 9.7%.

Of the employed people in Moriarty, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.7%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.9% and School Education 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moriarty was $533.

In Moriarty, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 50.8%, Car, as passenger 11.3% and Truck 2.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moriarty, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Moriarty, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moriarty, 48.5% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Moriarty 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moriarty, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Moriarty, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 32.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moriarty, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moriarty, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Moriarty, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.9% had 2 bedrooms and 57.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moriarty, 36.4% were owned outright, 48.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Moriarty, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Moriarty, 19.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Moriarty, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moriarty, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 76.9%) were male and 3 (or 23.1%) were female. The median age was 44 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Moriarty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Moriarty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.